Jack Hibbs—the radical far-right anti-LGBTQ pastor, conspiracy theorist, and Christian nationalist pastor who was invited by House Speaker Mike Johnson to deliver a prayer to the House of Representatives in 2024—used his Sunday sermon to declare that because of the sweeping Democratic victories in the midterm elections, "the republic ended on Tuesday."
Echoing the message he delivered the day after the midterms, Hibbs pointed to the election of hundreds of Muslims candidates to positions across the country as confirmation that "the republic is over."
"The republic ended on Tuesday," Hibbs proclaimed. "It will prove to be a historic election because we the people decided to embrace no longer a constitutional republic. We the people embraced something that is unthinkable."
"I would like to be like Nehemiah," he continued. "I would like to find every Christian who didn't vote, grab them by the beard, throw them out into the street like Nehemiah did, and beat them up. That's what Nehemiah did. It's biblical. Nehemiah did it."
"Why?" Hibbs asked rhetorically. "255 Muslims were elected to office in the United States of America on Tuesday. Ladies and gentlemen, those of you who didn't vote, you voted. 255 Muslims who cannot swear allegiance to the Constitution. It is forbidden in Islam! They must swear allegiance to Sharia law, which is a completely different government. On Tuesday, the United States of America said 'no' to the republic and 'yes' to the very government and military and religion that hit us on September 11th, 2001."
"We have surrendered," Hibbs declared. "Texas is gone. If Texas goes down, Islam knows the nation falls. Prepare your children. Prepare your hearts. Prepare your faith."
"We could have voted to prevent this but there are those who didn't, and that's on you," Hibbs griped. "My hands are clean."
"All of them will be sworn into office on the Quran," he warned. "They will swear on the Quran, not the Bible. First time in American history in this scale, like this. Ladies and gentlemen, the republic is over."
